PHILADELPHIA TRAVEL PLANNING

Barnes Foundation museum, private collection by Dr Barnes MD and his wife in honour of the teaching (without segregation)as a basic principle of democracy  (John Dewey)
Rodin museum - the largest collection outside Paris
Delaware Art Museum
National Liberty Museum
Liberty Bell
University of Pennsylvania - Ivy League, Victorian-era Venetian Gothic fine arts library, Richards Medical Building, LOVE sculpture, Ben Franklin founder statues, Penn museum Egyptian Gallery
Cheesesteaks
Imitate Rocky on the 72 steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gonna Fly Now)
Opera Philadelphia
Old City
Hotel Monaco (1907 iconic office tower) Empire and Greek Revival Lafayette building
Hotel Palomar
Ritz-Carlton
Independence Hall
Philadelphia Zoo
Eastern State Penitentiary

The Curtis Publishing Company- Tiffany mural “Dream Garden”

Philadelphia Museum of Art Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, 

Mutter Museum (medical museum)

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Museum of the American Revolution

American Swedish Museum

Betsy Ross House

Weizmann Jewish Museum

Greater Philadelphia - Delaware, NJ, Pennsylvania
Valley Forge National Historical Park (George Washington)
John James Audubon Center
Spring Mountain Adventures
Woodside Lodge
Longwood Gardens and Fountain in Brandywine River with Nemours mansion inspired by Versailles
Rittenhouse square
Franklin Institute (1842 established to honour the inventions of Benjamin Franklin)

 From National Geographic Traveller February 2013

Making History-a kids free-for-all

Ponder, like Benjamin Franklin, whether the sun is rising or setting, carved into the back of General George Washington’s chair inside Independence Hall

Listen for Loyalist ghosts who were hanged, whispering in Bladen’s court, a secret passageway off Elfreth’s Alley

Make grave rubbings of notable Philadelphians at St. Peter’s Church cemetery in Society Hill

Mail a postcard from the B.Free Franklin post office where clerks hand-cancel stamps with a colonial era postmark

Find out what shag carpet is at Jones, a paean to 70s decor and groovy Mac and cheese

Duck into the Curtis center to gaze at Dream Garden, a mosaic made of 100,000 pieces of Tiffany glass

Try out two early 20th century candies: a clove drop and peppermint Gibraltar at Shane Candies

Putt through the crack in the Liberty Bell at the Philly-themed mini golf course at Franklin square.

Walk across a huge map of the city that spans the gallery floor at the Philadelphia History Museum

Book a tour(or overnight stay) on the WWII battleship New Jersey(ferry from Penn’s landing)

Run up the stairs like Rocky in a training montage

Ask a local where to eat a Philly cheesesteaks sandwich, and which cheese to add